Lightning Fighter

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Lightning Fighter
Lightning Fighter.jpg
Race Sisters of Battle
Version Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Squad lightning.jpg
Hotkey L
Build Cost Resource requisition.gif 100 Resource power.gif 200  Resource cap vehicle.gif 2
Build Time 35 s
Built From Manufactorum
Unit Size 1
Requires Nothing
Limit 5
Unit Stats
Hitpoints 2100
Armour Vehicle Air
Unit Mass 500
Move Speed 55 (air unit)
Sight Radius 30 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged Autocannon, 2x Lascannons
Melee None



Contents

Lightning Fighter

"Emperor, let my aim be true."

Crewed by their skilled pilots, the Lightning Fighter is one of the finest fighters of the Imperial Navy. Soaring over the battlefield , it provides air support to fellow disciples and engages in dogfights with enemy forces. Roaring over the unclean battlefields of sinners and heretics, the Lightning Fighter is one of the greatest tools the Sisters of Battle have to enact the Emperor's will.

Tactics

The Lightning Fighter is a very useful unit, mainly because of its overall good DPS against other fliers, good accuracy on the move, low cost, and good damage against infantry compared to other fliers. However, using it against anything but lower-tier infantry or fliers is not using it to its full potential. Buying two or three Lightnings to scout enemies, perform raids on enemy capping parties, or spot for Exorcists are all viable strategies. However, you shouldn't bother with them unless you can afford to buy them over another more effective unit, such as an Immolator to thin out infantry or reduce vehicles to slag. They are fragile units and will fall quickly if the enemy turns his focus on destroying them. Its uses are more specific and tactical, and it should not be doing heavy fighting, because there are plenty of units who can fairly easily destroy them.

Abilities

Death Explosion

Death Explosion
PassiveAbility icon.jpg Requires Nothing
Target Types Any friendly units
Range Self
Area of effect Variable Cooldown time None
Effects When the Lightning Fighter is destroyed, there is a chance it will explode and send nearby units flying in one and only one of the following ways. Each explosion's chance is calculated one by one in a random order:
  • 29.4% chance to do nothing
  • 29.4% chance to do 3.75-6.25 damage, 10 morale damage, and 20-40 throw force in a radius of 4.
  • 29.4% chance to do 10-20 damage, 30 morale damage, and 25-50 throw force in a radius of 4.
  • 11.8% chance to do 20-30 damage, 50 morale damage, and 35-55 throw force in a radius of 4.

Weapons

Autocannon

Autocannon
RangedStance icon bw.jpg Damage Per Second Values
Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage
Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D
Initial DPS: 44.6 44.6 44.6 44.6 33.5 33.5 33.5 22.3 11.2 30.1 33.5 22.3 11.2 33.5 22.3 2.7 5 95 115 0.5

Cost Default Weapon Range 30 Setup Time 0 s
Build Time Default Weapon Accuracy 85% Refire Rate 0.8 s
Area of Effect None Requires Nothing
Notes This weapon has 55% accuracy when firing while moving.

Lascannon

The Lightning Fighter is equipped with two Lascannons, but the values are the same for both so it is only listed once here.

Lascannon
RangedStance icon bw.jpg Damage Per Second Values
Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage
Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D
Initial DPS: 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 15.3 11.5 7.7 38.3 10.7 8.0 5.4 9.6 9.6 2.5 10 72 81 0.5

Cost Default Weapon Range 30 Setup Time 0 s
Build Time Default Weapon Accuracy 100% Refire Rate 2 s
Area of Effect None Requires Nothing
Notes This weapon can only attack air units and has 50% accuracy when firing while moving.

Researchable Upgrades

Wargear: Reinforced Hull Plating

Wargear: Reinforced Hull Plating Hotkey: U
Research vehicle armor.jpg Cost Resource requisition.gif 150 Resource power.gif 100  Research Time 60 s
Researched From Manufactorum
Requires Ecclesiarchal Citadel
Effects Provides a 25% health bonus to Rhino Transports (2500 HP), Immolators (3125 HP), Lightning Fighters (2625 HP), Exorcists (2000 HP), and Penitent Engines (6875 HP).




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